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NextGen Meeting: Find your voice. Create change.
The goal of this program is to provide students with a place to meet other young advocates, connect with community leaders, and learn new skills and information that will allow them to be better advocates in their schools and communities.
The purpose of this first meeting is for students to get to know each other and meet community organizing leaders in OKC. Students will also have a chance to brainstorm ideas on how to approach pressing issues in their communities.
High School Students Explain Why We Can’t Let Classroom Censorship Win
We spoke to students about why book bans and efforts to restrict instruction on diverse topics, like racism or sexism, only make learning harder.
How Kamala Harris Can Secure Federal Abortion Protection Once and For All
The ACLU lays out our roadmap for protecting abortion access and advocating for improved reproductive health care protections under a potential Harris presidency.
Our First Amendment Rights Don’t Disappear at the Schoolhouse Gates
In the final installment of our free speech comic series, we consider how K-12 students , as well as adults enrolled in higher education, can exercise their First Amendment rights in school.
Trump Promises to Militarize Police, Reincarcerate Thousands, and Expand Death Penalty
Our analysis of a potential second Trump administration's proposed criminal legal system policies include unlawful tactics that will only harm our communities.
Pop Quiz: How Much Do You know About America’s History Of Rejecting Kings?
America’s past is filled with examples where Presidents could’ve been made King. How much do you already know?
How Trump's Proposed Radical Expansion of Executive Power Will Impact Our Freedoms
A second Trump administration threatens to use executive authority to further limit First Amendment freedoms, surveil Americans and undermine democracy.
Supreme Court Term Ends with Win for Trump, First Amendment Rights
The court's most recent term shows a reluctance to protect the powerless, even as it upholds key civil liberties.
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